ML040630087
| ML040630087 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Nine Mile Point  |
| Issue date: | 03/02/2004 |
| From: | Blough A Division Reactor Projects I |
| To: | Spina J Nine Mile Point |
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| IR-04-001 | |
| Download: ML040630087 (7) | |
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March 2, 2004 Mr. James Spina Vice President Nine Mile Point Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC P.O. Box 63 Lycoming, NY 13093
SUBJECT:
ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR STATION (REPORT 05000220/2004001 AND 05000410/2004001)
Dear Mr. Spina:
On February 4, 2004, the NRC staff completed its end-of-cycle plant performance assessment of Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station. The end-of-cycle review involved the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period January 1 through December 31, 2003. The purpose of this letter is to inform you of our assessment of your safety performance during this period, and our plans for future inspections at your facility so that you will have an opportunity to prepare for these inspections and to inform us of any planned inspections that may conflict with your plant activities.
Overall, both Nine Mile Point units operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety, and fully met all cornerstone objectives. Plant performance at Unit 1 for the most recent quarter was within the Regulatory Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix, based on one finding of low to moderate safety significance (White) in the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone regarding degraded reactor building closed loop cooling system piping. This finding was identified during the first quarter of this assessment cycle. A Supplemental Inspection, conducted in September 2003, determined that the root causes of this performance issue were understood, the extent of condition was identified, and the corrective actions were sufficient to prevent recurrence.
Plant performance at Unit 2 for the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix, based on all inspection findings being classified as having very low safety significance (Green) and all PIs indicating performance at a level requiring no additional NRC oversight (Green). While plant performance for the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column of the Action Matrix, there was one White PI during the third quarter of the assessment cycle in the Initiating Event Cornerstone. The PI for Unplanned Scrams per 7000 Critical Hours exceeded the Green/White threshold due to two automatic scrams that occurred during the third quarter of 2003. We are planning to conduct a Supplemental Inspection, starting on March 8, 2004, to review your actions related to this PI.
Mr. James Spina 2
During our mid-cycle assessment, we identified a substantive cross-cutting issue in the area of problem identification and resolution (PIR). During this assessment period, you initiated several actions to improve your PIR process. In October 2003, our PIR team inspection noted some improvement in program implementation and a reduction in the number of backlogged issues.
However, a number of inspection findings during the past 12 months involved ineffective corrective actions for longstanding equipment deficiencies and narrowly focused operability assessments. Therefore, the cross-cutting issue will remain open. Findings included repetitive reactor building closed cooling system piping leaks, recurring problems with 115 kV offsite power availability, aging scram pilot solenoid diaphragms that caused slow rod scram times, and several incomplete operability determinations for degraded equipment. We request that you describe actions being taken to address this cross-cutting issue at our upcoming Annual Assessment Meeting. We plan to monitor your progress to improve PIR performance at the plant during baseline inspection activities.
The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections scheduled through September 30, 2005.
The inspection plan is provided to minimize the resource impact on your staff, and to allow for scheduling conflicts and personnel availability to be resolved in advance of inspector arrival onsite. Routine resident inspections are not listed due to their ongoing and continuous nature.
The inspections in the last six months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the mid-cycle review meeting.
As you are aware, the NRC has issued several Orders and threat advisories to enhance security capabilities and improve guard force readiness since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
We have conducted inspections to review your implementation of these requirements and have monitored your actions in response to changing threat conditions. For calendar year 2004, we plan to continue inspections of order implementation combined with newly developed portions of the security baseline inspection program.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publically Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www/nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
Mr. James Spina 3
If circumstances arise which cause us to change the inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact James M. Trapp, Chief, Projects Branch 1, at 610-337-5186 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.
Sincerely,
/RA/
A. Randolph Blough, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-220, 50-410 Licensee Nos. DPR-63, NPF-69
Enclosure:
Nine Mile Point Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl:
M. J. Wallace, President, Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC J. M. Petro, Jr., Esquire, Counsel, Constellation Energy Group, Inc.
M. J. Wetterhahn, Esquire, Winston and Strawn P. R. Smith, President, New York State Energy, Research, and Development Authority J. Spath, Program Director, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority C. Adrienne Rhodes, Chairman and Executive Director, State Consumer Protection Board P. D. Eddy, Electric Division, NYS Department of Public Service Supervisor, Town of Scriba C. Donaldson, Esquire, Assistant Attorney General, New York Department of Law J. R. Evans, LIPA T. Judson, Central NY Citizens Awareness Network Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)
Mr. James Spina 4
Distribution w/encl:
H. Miller, RA/J. Wiggins, DRA (1)
A. Blough, DRP W. Lanning,, DRS B. Holian, DRP R. Crlenjak, DRS D. Screnci, PAO N. Sheehan, PAO J. Trapp, DRP DRS Branch Chiefs (5)
N. Perry, DRP J. Jolicoeur, RI EDO Coordinator R. Laufer, NRR P. Tam, PM, NRR G. Vissing, NRR (Backup)
G. Hunegs, SRI - Nine Mile Point B. Fuller, RI - Nine Mile Point E. Knutson, RI - Nine Mile Point J. Noggle, DRS P. Frechette, DRS D. Silk, DRS RidsNrrDipmLipb Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)
DOCUMENT NAME: G:\\BRANCH1\\2003 ROP 4 Annual Assessment Meetings\\NIne Mile \\NMP LETTER.wpd After declaring this document An Official Agency Record it will/will not be released to the Public.
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Nine Mile Point Inspection / Activity Plan 01/01/2004 - 09/30/2005 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 1 of 3 03/02/2004 12:52:07 Report 22 2
95001
- WHITE PI - UNIT 2 SCRAMS - SUPPLEMENTAL Supplemental Program 03/08/2004 03/12/2004 Supplemental Inspection For One Or Two White Inputs In A Strategic Performance Area IP 95001 2
2 7111108G
- INSERVICE INSPECTION - UNIT 2 Baseline Inspections 03/22/2004 03/26/2004 Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR IP 7111108G 2
1 71121
- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 03/22/2004 03/26/2004 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 2
Baseline Inspections 03/22/2004 03/26/2004 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 2
Baseline Inspections 03/22/2004 03/26/2004 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 2
2 7111112B
- MAINTENANCE RULE Baseline Inspections 05/10/2004 05/14/2004 Maintenance Effectiveness IP 7111112B 1, 2 1
71121
- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 06/07/2004 06/11/2004 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 06/07/2004 06/11/2004 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 06/07/2004 06/11/2004 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1, 2 1
71114
- EP PROGRAM INSPECTION & PI VERIFICATION Baseline Inspections 07/12/2004 07/16/2004 Alert and Notification System Testing IP 7111402 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 07/12/2004 07/16/2004 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing IP 7111403 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 07/12/2004 07/16/2004 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes IP 7111404 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 07/12/2004 07/16/2004 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies IP 7111405 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 07/12/2004 07/16/2004 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2 6
7111121
- SSDI Baseline Inspections 08/16/2004 08/20/2004 Safety System Design and Performance Capability IP 7111121 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 08/30/2004 09/03/2004 Safety System Design and Performance Capability IP 7111121 1, 2 1
71121
- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 09/20/2004 09/24/2004 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1
Baseline Inspections 09/20/2004 09/24/2004 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 09/20/2004 09/24/2004 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 09/20/2004 09/24/2004 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2 2
71130
- SECURITY Baseline Inspections 09/20/2004 09/24/2004 Access Authorization IP 7113001 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 09/20/2004 09/24/2004 Access Control IP 7113002 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 09/20/2004 09/24/2004 Fitness For Duty Program IP 7113008 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 09/20/2004 09/24/2004 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Nine Mile Point Inspection / Activity Plan 01/01/2004 - 09/30/2005 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 2 of 3 03/02/2004 12:52:07 Report 22 3
11/1 EXM
- U1 OPERATOR LICENSING INITIAL EXAMS Not Applicable 10/04/2004 10/07/2004 NINE MILE POINT UNIT 1 INITIAL EXAM (8/2-6/04)
U01524 1
Not Applicable 11/01/2004 11/13/2004 NINE MILE POINT UNIT 1 INITIAL EXAM (8/2-6/04)
U01524 1
1 7111107B
- HEAT SINK Baseline Inspections 11/01/2004 11/05/2004 Heat Sink Performance IP 7111107B 1, 2 2
7111111B
- LO REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM UNIT 2 Baseline Inspections 11/14/2004 11/19/2004 Licensed Operator Requalification Program IP 7111111B 2
1 7112202
- PUB RAD SAFETY - RADWASTE Baseline Inspections 11/15/2004 11/19/2004 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation IP 7112202 1, 2 2
7111108G
- INSERVICE INSPECTION - U1 Baseline Inspections 03/21/2005 03/25/2005 Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR IP 7111108G 1
1 71121
- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 03/21/2005 03/25/2005 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 03/21/2005 03/25/2005 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 03/21/2005 03/25/2005 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1, 2 3
5/2+EXM
- U2 OPERATOR LICENSING INITIAL EXAMS Not Applicable 04/04/2005 04/08/2005 NINE MILE POINT UNIT 2 INITIAL EXAM (4/19-23/04)
U01520 2
Not Applicable 05/02/2005 05/06/2005 NINE MILE POINT UNIT 2 INITIAL EXAM (4/19-23/04)
U01520 2
1 7112201
- PUB RAD SAFETY - RETS (UNIT 1 ONLY)
Baseline Inspections 04/11/2005 04/15/2005 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems IP 7112201 1
1 7112201
- PUB RAD SAFETY - RETS (UNIT 2 ONLY)
Baseline Inspections 04/18/2005 04/22/2005 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems IP 7112201 2
1 71121
- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 06/27/2005 07/01/2005 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 06/27/2005 07/01/2005 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 06/27/2005 07/01/2005 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1, 2 1
7111401
- EXERCISE EVALUATION & EP PI VERIFICATION Baseline Inspections 08/15/2005 08/19/2005 Exercise Evaluation IP 7111401 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 08/15/2005 08/19/2005 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2 1
7111117B
- MODS & 50.59 Baseline Inspections 09/19/2005 09/23/2005 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments IP 7111102 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 09/19/2005 09/23/2005 Permanent Plant Modifications IP 7111117B 1, 2 1
71121
- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 09/26/2005 09/30/2005 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1, 2 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Nine Mile Point Inspection / Activity Plan 01/01/2004 - 09/30/2005 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 3 of 3 03/02/2004 12:52:07 Report 22 1
71121
- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 09/26/2005 09/30/2005 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 09/26/2005 09/30/2005 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 09/26/2005 09/30/2005 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.